Politics

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Lethal Battlefield Robots: Sci-Fi or the Future of War?

Warbots don't exist yet, and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots hopes to keep it that way.

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| Fri May. 3, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

This Website Will Help You Outsmart the Supreme Court's Anti-Transparency Ruling

The high court unanimously decided that states can block citizens of other states from accessing public information. MuckRock has a way around that.

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| Wed May. 1, 2013 3:05 AM PDT
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A Brief History of CIA "Ghost Money"

Afghan President Hamid Karzai isn't the first foreign leader the CIA has funneled cash to directly.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 7:24 AM PDT
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The United States of Sequestration

It's not just White House tours and airplanes. Here's how budget cuts are hurting people in 50 states.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

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The Temp Agencies Taking Immigrants for a Ride in Chicago

The "raiteros" system provides large companies with labor at the lowest possible cost.

—By Michael Grabell, ProPublica

 | Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

In Boston, Was Lockdown the Wrong Approach?

In the wake of the bombings, city officials essentially shut Boston down. A terrorism expert believes that sent precisely the wrong message.

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| Tue Apr. 30, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

It's insanity to kill your father with a kitchen knife. It's also insanity to close hospitals, fire therapists, and leave families to face mental illness on their own.

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| May/June 2013 Issue

MAP: Which States Have Cut Treatment For the Mentally Ill the Most?

Bruatal cuts to mental-health spending doom many mentally ill people to the streets, jail, or worse.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

TIMELINE: Deinstitutionalization And Its Consequences

How deinstitutionalization moved thousands of mentally ill people out of hospitals—and into jails and prisons.

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| Mon Apr. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Photo Essays + Slideshows

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Glamorous Photos of Kids Smoking

Frieke Janssens' images of kids and (fake!) cigarettes capture the ugliness and the not-quite-bygone glamour of smoking.

Slideshow: "Enjoy an Ice Cream Cone Shortly Before Lunch"

10 classic ads from the sugar and cereal industries.

Portraits of Addiction

A Manhattan banker shoots portraits of drug abuse, sex work, and homelessness in the Bronx.

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Never Before Seen Photos From Legendary Street Photographer Garry Winogrand

Fourteen amazing scenes of life in America—and hundreds more where that came from.

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